A pair of cloisonné enamel sheep


Late Qing Dynasty/Republic periodEach finely cast standing four-square with curling gilt-rimmed tufts of 'hair' against a white ground, the head and legs black, the plinth decorated with overall with dense foliate scrolls and each with a cartouche containing an Arabic inscription. Each 32.5cm (12 3/4in) long. (4).
|清末/民國 銅胎掐絲琺瑯牧羊擺件 一對Provenance: Count Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo, Rome, prior to 2 October 1947, by reputeMr Moriani, Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Tuscany, Italy, by reputeRaffaello Landini, Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Tuscany, Italy, circa 1950s, and thence by descent來源：據傳於1947年10月2日前由羅馬Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo伯爵收藏據傳為意大利托斯卡尼Moriani先生舊藏約1950年代為意大利托斯卡尼Raffaello Landini先生收藏，並由後人保存迄今According to the owner the present lot amongst other Chinese works of art was sold to Raffaello Landini in the 1950s as part of Villa Vitiano and its furnishings, which previously belonged to Mr Moriani, who had acquired the Chinese art collection from Count Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo in 1947 as part of a Rome apartment and its furnishings.A closely related pair of cloisonné enamel sheep, 20th century, was sold at Christie's New York, 16 September 2016, lot 1262.